Chapter 2

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Darkness engulfed the skies of Seattle. A cool wind whipped through her hair, as she sat upon the space needle. It had been almost two days, and Alec still hadn't come back. It only meant one thing; he was gone… She let a few tears squeeze past her closed eyes. No matter how annoying, and how much of a dumb ass he was, she'd still miss him. In some way she loved the guy, and she'd admit it too. He was a part of her; he was her brother. Sure they hadn't grown up together, but somehow he had warmed his way into her heart. She had herself convinced that she wanted him out of her life and, that he wasn't worth anything. But she realized that he was as lost as she was, and he was nothing like her brother Ben. Although his appearance reminded her of Ben, and the sacrifice and pain… all Alec had to do was open his mouth and utter a few words. Max smirked at the thought. She knew that if Alec didn't have a heart he wouldn't have saved Rachel, she was safe… or at least that was what the news had said, somehow Max knew that Alec was behind it; she knew he had saved Rachel. That was the way she was going to remember him, as a hero.

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It had been a couple days since his arrival in Seattle. It had been a long drive, somewhere in his subconscious told him to come here. To seek the one named Max, for some unknown reason she was the key. Maybe the key to unlock his past, and figure out who Adam really was.

Things just didn't add up when he was working at the farm with Buddy. The things that Buddy had told him just didn't seem relevant. Most of all he didn't remember a thing. When he was leaving the hospital he thought that maybe if he saw something familiar it would all come back, but that wasn't the case.

Months after the accident, or so that's what Buddy called it. Adam had been having strange dreams. Dreams so vivid he could remember the taste, scent, and touch of the objects he encountered. He would wake up fully alert and gasping for air. Then he became more aware that somehow he was different. He could hear things that were miles away, see things that no normal person could see with their naked eye. It didn't take much effort for any of the chores that were done at the farm. He soon found his hidden abilities to do almost everything, and found as he watched the news that most the descriptions of transgenics named matched him.

Then one day while he was stacking hay, he remembered her face. The one of the young woman he had seen at the hospital, and then placed it with the one of a child a girl with a buzz cut… Max. He knew even before he placed her name to a face that she lived in Seattle. That was where he was going as he hijacked Buddy's white Chevy truck, more specifically where all the transgenics were… Terminal City. He was determined that once he got there he would find some answers. Tomorrow bright and early he was to go to Terminal City and retrieve his past.

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Another day had gone by, and her hope of Alec returning was diminishing by the second. Logan had tried to reassure her, she commended him for trying but it was no help. It was just her and Joshua now, sure they had Logan, Cindy, Sketchy and the transgenics. But it was their little family of Joshua, Alec and Max that she found she missed. However, through the loss of Biggs, Cece, and Alec, she had found the determination to win the war for their freedom. She had come to the conclusion that they would win, if not for her then for them… for Alec. She would find the one that she was sure was the cause of Alec's death and make Ames White suffer.

The transgenics around her had already begun to make preparations of the inevitable battle, the battle that would determine their freedom. It was only a matter of time before the humans would strike, and she had a feeling that it was going to be soon. Max knew from all the training that she went through in Manticore and a few tricks she learned along the road, that she was more than prepared to kick some ass… But all the preparations in the world wouldn't prepare her for who was going to come through the doors of Terminal City at that moment.

TBC…

Authors Note: well there's Chapter 2… I know it's short… I'd like some feedback! And while I'm trying to write the next chapter go to my site and join my clique! http://inevitabl3.cjb.net